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Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Thursday, February 26, 2004, 7:10
Tristan McLeay wrote:
> ["k_h&rl@s] seems mighty odd, THB. It sounds like an > American saying 'careless'. I would say and expect > your name to be said as the equivalent of [k_ha:lOs] > (so in AmE I guess [k_hAr\lAs].
Except, we actually say something like ['k_hAr\los], i.e., a pretty reasonably close approximation (within the confines of English phonemes) to the Spanish pronunciation. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42